Holder for sputum-cups



H. HENRY. HOLDER FOR SEUTUM CUP S.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19.1920.

1,364,370. r I Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Harold Henry.

nmrsn sra'rss PATENT OFFICE.

HOLDER FOR SPUTUM-GUPS T0 (ZZZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD HENRY, of St. Agatha des Monts, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, commercialtraveler, a subject of theKing of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Sputum-Cups; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to prevent sputum cups from being accidentally upset and the contents spilled. To this end I have provided a device adapted to be detachably fastened to a chair or other piece of furniture or fixed part near a patient, and in which the usual cup may according to my invention be received and supported.

More specifically stated the invention consists of a boXlike device having a spring clip at one side which may be either the top or bottom according to the way it is set upon the arm of a chair or a part of a bed of a patient or any shelf-like part of a verandah rail or the like, the bottom of the end of the boxlike device being unbroken, the opposite end being open and the sides cut away. This device when fastened to a chair is adapted to receive the usual sputum cups which are handled by the patient.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention, reference must be had to the accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved holder in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is constructed; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line H Fig. 1.

There is considerable danger in sputum cups being knocked from their rests and otherwise being spilled owing to being placed in exposed positions when not in use, and as before stated, the object of my invention is to overcome the danger of such accidents.

As shown clearly in Fig. 4: the device is of box-like form having its bottom 6 and top 0 and one end (Z made from a single p1ece of metal, preferably tin or other light sheet metal, bent to form and having the side edges flanged as at 6, one end of this piece being bent back upon itself as at Z for the purpose of reinforcement, the opposlte end Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1921.

Application filed April 19, 1920. Serial No. 375,121.

being flanged as at f inthe same manner as the side edges.

The ends of this sheet metal are connected together by strips 7s also preferably of sheet metal of flattened U-cross-section and supported on their upper ends to the top and bottom as forming the sides of the open end of the device. What is shown in the drawing as the top side has a spring clip permanently fastened to it, such clip preferably consisting of a single piece of wire bent back upon itself in the form of a hill 9 with rounded handle portion h, the ends of the wire being inserted through the open end of the device and upwardly through a slip i and through a second slit j to have the extreme ends of the wire beneath the top wire. The bill of this spring clip is sprung upon the arm of the chair or other support and holds the device firmly though detachably in place.

This device, as is obvious, may be set with the spring clip beneath as well as above the shelf supporting it, and the cup is slid into it, thus preventing it from being accidentally jarred from the holder by the side and end flan es.

What? claim is as follows:

1. A device for protecting sputum cups consisting of a hollow structure of cubic form, the top of the structure being closed, and one of the vertical sides thereof being open to permit of the insertion of a cup, and a spring clip mounted on one side of the structure for detachably fastening the same to a fixed part.

2. A device for protecting sputum cups consisting of a receiver, two of the opposite sides and one end of which are formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to shape and having inward side flanges and an end flange, the ends of the said sheet metal being connected by strips forming the sides of the open end of the receiver; and one of the said sides of the receiver having a spring clip fixed thereto, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

. 3. A device for protecting sputum cups consisting of a receiver, two of the opposite sides and one end of which are formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to shape and having inward side flanges and an end flange, the ends of the said sheet metal being connected by strips forming the sides.

of the open end of the receiver; one of the said sides of the receiver havmg a pair or slits and a spring clip presenting a bill and a handle and having one end inserted through the slits and supported in place substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

4. A device for protecting sputum cups consisting of a receiver ,two of the opposite sides and one end of which are formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to shape and having inward side flanges and an end flange, the ends of the said sheet metal being connected by strips forming the sides of the open end of the receiver; one of the said sides of the receiver having a pair of slits and a spring clip presenting a bill and 15 a handle and having one end inserted through the slit and supported in place the said spring clip consisting of a length of wire bent back upon itself substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. 20 In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HAROLD HENRY. Witnesses GORDON G. CooKE, WILLIAM J. C; HEWETSON. 

